Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 In a message dated 9/19/04 12:02:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, whimsy2@... writes: > >What I need to know is, can someone actually go into coma and die from >not taking insulin when they're insulin-dependent diabetics? >>>>>>>> Sure, if your BG goes high enough, you can go into a coma and die. In one day, however? No, I don't think so Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 I'm reading a (very good) book where the plot hinges on a diabetic going into a coma and dying because he didn't get his insulin shot on time, i.e. within a 24-hour period. (He was in a hostage situation). And just yesterday I had a conversely similar situation: I was at a restaurant and had ordered my meal only to discover that I'd forgotten my insulin. I elected to eat the meal then rush home and take the shot, which happened, about 25 minutes after the meal ended. I then went out to do some errands. Came back an hour later to find panicky phone calls from friends who were worried about my condition and were ready to call paramedics in case I'd gone into coma, which obviously I had not. I have NEVER heard of anyone going into a coma from NOT taking insulin but apparently this is a commonly misunderstood fact.. In the case of the book, I was truly shocked that an author would not have researched this more thoroughly before basing a whole novel on that premise. On the other hand, maybe I'm the one with the misunderstanding. What I need to know is, can someone actually go into coma and die from not taking insulin when they're insulin-dependent diabetics? Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 I previously wrote: >I no longer remember the details but I hated the movie " Fried Green >Tomatoes " because of the way it portrayed a T1 diabetic character and >helped to support misunderstanding about the condition. Oops, sorry, faulty memory . . . the movie I meant to refer to (that I disliked intensely due to the characterization of a T1 diabetic) was " Steel Magnolias " (not " Fried Green Tomatoes " ). Sandy T1 -1979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Thank you, Fried Green Tomatoes was one of my favorite movies and I was scratching my head to remember anything about a diabetic in it. I have a bad memory but....... LOL!!!!!!!!!! ml Sandy Burdsall wrote: > > I previously wrote: > >I no longer remember the details but I hated the movie " Fried Green > >Tomatoes " because of the way it portrayed a T1 diabetic character and > >helped to support misunderstanding about the condition. > > Oops, sorry, faulty memory . . . the movie I meant to refer to (that I > disliked intensely due to the characterization of a T1 diabetic) was " Steel > Magnolias " (not " Fried Green Tomatoes " ). > > Sandy > T1 -1979 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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